Table 1.
Baseline characteristic of subjects by country of birth and disease state
| Cohort | Australian | Australian | Australian | PRC | PRC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical pathological variable | TB n = 12 | LTBI n = 12 | Healthy control (n = 12) | TB n = 12 | Healthy control (n = 12) |
| Median age, years (range) | 36 (20–60) | 34 (18–59) | 44 (27–76) | 45 (16–76) | 39 (16–68) |
| Male (%) | 4 (33.3) | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | 11 (92%) | 7 (58) |
| Place of birth* | South Asia (n = 2) | South East Asia (n = 3) | PRC† | PRC† | |
| East Asia (n = 6) | Southern Africa (n = 1) | East Asia (n = 1) | Western Europe (n = 1) | ||
| South Eastern Asia (n = 3) | East Africa (n = 1) | ||||
| Eastern Europe (n = 1) | |||||
| Oceania(n = 10) | Oceania (n = 6) | Oceania (n = 1) |
*
Regions as classified by the WHO.
†
All PRC subjects of HUI ethnicity.